Ruler
Sultan al-Nasir Hasan
Mamluk sultan who built Cairo’s largest madrasa
1347 – 1361
He reigned twice: 1347–1351 and 1354–1361 CE.
Biography
Son of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun, he came to the throne as a boy. Below the Citadel he built a huge mosque and madrasa for the four schools of law, one of Cairo’s greatest buildings. He was killed in 1361 before it was finished.
Key facts
Certainty: Established
The mosque-madrasa of Sultan Hasan was built between 1356 and 1363 CE, with four iwans for teaching the four schools of Islamic law.
- Doris Behrens-Abouseif (1989) “Islamic Architecture in Cairo: An Introduction” Brill